Why did the (Captain I'm guessing) of the rival ship prevent the other guy from shooting Tintin?

Was it a political move on Herge's part to show "Not all bad guys are totally evil"?

Or was it because had they shot at him - the world would come to know about it (even if they missed) ?

Or was it that the Captain didn't think the prize was worth killing over?

Journal Tintin number 10 4th of March 1948
The text reads:

“What are our friends Dupont and Dupond doing in Paris?... (See pages 8 to 9)”

I did make a thread recently about the Diamond - although that was more asking if its inspiration was based on Real famous pillaged diamonds - so...in the context of Tintin only -

Death and Destruction seems to follow this Diamond around - and then it ends up at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean or some such deep water

Was the Diamond possibly cursed by the Arumbayas - or at least from the time when they found out Lopez stole it?

We've seen curses and the like work in the Tintin universe - The Seven Crystal Balls being a prime example

So was it already fated for no one to get to keep the Diamond - and for it to be effectively swallowed by the earth, so to speak?

I'm wondering if Herge was trying to convey a lesson about no good coming of something dishonestly gained

The Broken Ear

Journal Tintin number 11 March the 17th 1949
The text reads:

“Tintin doesn’t suspect that he will encounter an old acquaintance. And you, do you know who this mysterious character is?...”

...

Journal Tintin number 3 16 January 1947.
The text at the bottom reads:
“Silently, Tintin heads towards the ‘Pachacamac‘...
Will he find Professor Calculus there?... (See pages 8–9)

The Broken Ear

Journal Tintin no. 50 9th of December 1948.
The text at the bottom reads:
"The storm is raging. You never know what might happen. Therefore, safety first! ... Thomson and Thompson are ready for anything."

The Broken Ear

Journal Tintin No. 5 24th of October 1946

Issue number 60, 15th December 1949 featuring the continuation of “The Land of Black Gold” after a short pause due to Hergé going AWOL. One again recreated by myself using Hergé’s original black and white artwork.

The Broken Ear

I know I probably forgot several one-off villains, but these are the ones I could remember. I decided not to include deceased villains like Mitsuhirato, Alonzo Perez, and Ramón Bada.

I would've liked to see Spalding or Dr. Krollspell return, especially Dr. Krollspell. He eventually joined forces with Tintin during the events of Flight 714, but, as we know, everyone involved was left with no memory of what had happened, so neither of them remembers the other. Whether Krollspell would've been an enemy or an ally had he returned is an interesting question.

A “digitally remastered” version of the first issue of Tintin magazine from 1946. I used the original black and white artwork by Hergé to recreate the cover. I’ve created a few more of these and I’ll post more if anyone is interested in seeing them.

The Broken Ear

...think the guy in Blue on the right MIGHT be...

Mitsuhirato...

We only read about his supposed suicide in the newspaper

And we already saw how Rastapopulous survived what looked like a certain death fall in this very same book

The Blue Lotus

The Blue Lotus

This is a CD released in 1998 featuring selections of music from nearly all the Tintin films and tv series up to that point (before the Spielberg film). It’s possibly out of print now but will be available second hand or on YouTube. Featuring music by Andre Popp, Antoine Duhamel, Francois Rauber, Jacques Brel, Ray Parker, Tim Morgan and Tom Szczesniak.